WEST virginia legislature

2016 regular session

Originating

Senate Bill 703

By Senators Trump, Ferns, Gaunch, Kirkendoll, Beach, Ashley, Karnes, Leonhardt, Romano, Palumbo, Williams, Cline, Snyder, Maynard and Carmichael

[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary; Reported on February 28, 2016]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §59-1-2b, relating to requiring the Secretary of State to develop a mechanism for the deposit of the overpayment of certain fees into the Children’s Trust Fund; and requiring that the person due the refund voluntarily and affirmatively chooses to donate the amount of the overpayment.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §59-1-2b, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. FEES AND ALLOWANCES.

'59‑1‑2b. Voluntary donation of certain refunds.

The Secretary of State shall provide a mechanism by which any overpayment of $25 or less of any fee authorized by this or any other chapter of this code to the Secretary of State may be deposited in the West Virginia Children’s Trust Fund authorized by section four hundred one, article two, chapter forty-nine of this code: Provided, That the person due the refund must voluntarily and affirmatively choose to donate the amount of the refund to the West Virginia Children’s Trust Fund.